From: Michael Brooks <michael.brooks@...>
Date: 2010-11-09T15:05:20+09:00
Subject: Re: no such file to load -- mysql (LoadError)

"Ani T." <ani.tekawade@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:530f7d0fe5605ca667f48ecf39046632@ruby-forum.com...
> Hi Ryan, Thanks for your post.
>
> I inserted "require 'rubygems'" and am now getting the following error:
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32/ext/mysql.so:
> 126: The specified module could not be found.   -
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32/ext/mysql.so
> (LoadError)
>  from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in
> `require'
>  from test1.rb:4
>
> I checked the locatins above and the mysql.so and custom_require.rb
> files exist...not sure why it is giving the error...thanks in advance
> for your help. I've attached screenshots incase it is helpful.
>
> Ani

Hello Ani:

This might not make a difference but is the location of the "libmySQL.dll" 
file (usually the mysql/bin folder) in your systems $PATH environment 
variable.  I haven't tried using MYSQL with Ruby but recently on Windows 
Vista 64 when developing with Delphi XE I've noticed that the mysql dll 
needs to be in the $PATH variable.  In the old days I could drop that dll 
into the application folder but that doesn't seem to work for me anymore so 
you might be experiencing the same thing.

Michael